Year: 2025

Gender and Media – bias, stereotypes, glass ceiling

Wednesday 14 May 2025 at 09.30, Yellow Lecture Room, DMJX Gender in the newsroom – bias, glass ceiling, and stereotypes”, by/ Jad Melki, asso.professor, LAU Beirut. Lecture title: Intersectional Media Literacy: Decolonizing Communication for Marginalized Identities (slides at the bottom here) The book is in the Royal Library. https://soas.lau.edu.lb/about/people/jad-melki.php We are proud of once again…Continue Reading Gender and Media – bias, stereotypes, glass ceiling

The Gaza war in the news media: A view from Lebanon 

Monday 12 May 2025 at 13.25, Yellow Lecture Room, DMJX (Scroll down for SLIDES from the lecture.) Media Literacy of Genocide, War and Colonialism  Professor Jad Melki will share his analysis of the international media coverage of the Gaza war, as seen from the Middle East. Jad Melki, associate professor at Lebanese American University, is…Continue Reading The Gaza war in the news media: A view from Lebanon 

Influencers and politics – guest lecture from Australia’s divided media landscape

Thursday 24 April, DMJX International: Professor Kate Torney, Monash University Room Yellow Audi- starting time 9.30. (see links below) This guest lecture shows how journalism thrives and struggles on a partisan and divided media scene, case Australia. Ms Torney will also present legislative reforms that have been introduced around social media use and products for young people….Continue Reading Influencers and politics – guest lecture from Australia’s divided media landscape

DMJX at RMIT – March 2025

Examples from DMJX courses – presented by Asbjorn in Janak’s class – RMIT Melbourne 18 March 2025 No to farmed fish: 3 minutes, first assignment. phones too much 6 minutes, people behind the figures. “Are we on our phones too much”, SoMe version: Lifelong cycling 5.20 minutes. 31 years on the sea (Pilot, Århus Harbour)…Continue Reading DMJX at RMIT – March 2025